So... what car do you guys drive when not flying?

[kelvedon]

An Aston Martin Valkyrie

 

[kelvedon]

A DB5 in front of Colin Chapman’s personal Esprit. The former worth about £1,000,000 ( a decent return on its original £4125 price )

 

[kelvedon]

And some interesting prototypes that never made it to production,
The Lynx, a fastback TR7 variant, and a very Bentlyesque Rover. 75 Coupe.

 

[jb747]

I know of a DB6 that will probably be on the marker soon, so save your pennies.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Informative.

https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/the-electric-cars-with-the-longest-lasting-batteries/

 

[Quickstatus]

The main take home message is that the batteries will likely outlast the car

50,000 km is too early to be indicative
Maybe at the end of warranty would be informative or at 200,000km

More important to me is cost of replacement battery if out of warranty.

 

[TheRealTMA]

The main take home message is that the batteries will likely outlast the car

50,000 km is too early to be indicative
Maybe at the end of warranty would be informative or at 200,000km

More important to me is cost of replacement battery if out of warranty.

Nah. Just buy a new car.
And mine never make 50k let alone 200!

 

[Flashback]

A DB5 in front of Colin Chapman’s personal Esprit. The former worth about £1,000,000 ( a decent return on its original £4125 price )

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£4,175 in 1965 is roughly £96,000 - £100,000 in today's money when adjusted for inflation, but yes, still a decent uplift.

 

[lovestotravel]

If you asked me a few months ago I was NO NO NO to an EV - I even said that on here..

I wanted a Outback Turbo but that only comes in the Wilderness model in Australia which is even more ugly and lacks a few features

So I was hoping Subaru would bring the Outback out in a hybrid form - but that hasn't happened, but a little talk about it recently with no date. For me that would be perfect - However based on the Subaru Forester Hybrid it still uses around 6.5l per 100km instead of the 7.5l per 100lm on the normal Forester.

So back to the drawing board, and Subaru finally announced the Trailseeker would come to Australia in a few months. Given the savings I may end up salary packaging it which may mean I lose the "deposit" I put down for the Outback from the dealer.

Range of around 450+km for me is perfect, I rarely do long trips or go offroad. We uses the other car for that which is a Subaru Outback....

Given the new Trailseeker will be free to charge for me with 3 hours free power each day we'll end up taking this car on the longer roadtrips/where we can charge at the destination. The houses we normally rent have all said no ev charging...so that's another consideration.

The only time that I'd take the petrol outback is on the snow trips, which is Mt Hotham/Falls creek and is around 350km each way and would mean a charge would be needed before going up the mountain in Bright or Mt Beauty etc and there are only 4 superchargers in Bright and 2 (I think) in Mt Beauty. So on a busy Friday afternoon/evening I wouldn't want to risk that..

So 6 months later I finally have my Subaru Trailseeker AWD Touring.

Around $80K with a towbar and the two-tone paint and ceramic coating (not done at the dealership)

A great car and I wouldn't go back to an ICE vehicle again.

Range is good enough for me, with around 450km with heated or cooled seats on, and running heat and/or AC as required with Eco modes and energy saving modes off

No spare tyre still, but one is coming in the next month or two, as there is space in the boot for one

A great car, not sure it's really worth $80K

But at least I charge it for free I guess....

 

[Quickstatus]

at least I charge it for free I guess....

It looks good

How are you going to charge the car?
I think you mentioned that the landlord did not allow EV charging?

Have you got the various charging apps?
The main superfast charging apps are
Evie
Tesla
NRMA
Ampcharge
(There are others)

PlugShare is an app that displays all charging options. Good for researching a route

Tesla often the cheapest and more than half are open to non Tesla.

 

[lovestotravel]

It looks good

How are you going to charge the car?
I think you mentioned that the landlord did not allow EV charging?

Have you got the various charging apps?
The main superfast charging apps are
Evie
Tesla
NRMA
Ampcharge
(There are others)

PlugShare is an app that displays all charging options. Good for researching a route

Tesla often the cheapest and more than half are open to non Tesla.

Yes it looks great and I wanted a wagon so it ticks most boxes

It's not a "connected" car either so no remote access which is good and bad

I live in a house, no landlord, and for now I'm just using the 1.5kw standard charger that comes with it, which with a 75kw battery, takes 48 hours to charge....

I only drive about 400km a week so I've set the car during the day to charge between 9am and 3pm which gives about 10kw, or 8% roughly.

To get the 7Kw charger would cost me about $1.800 and for the fast 21Kw charger I've been quoted about $3,000 - As my switchboard needs an upgrade and cables need to be run from one side of the house to another.

Once our other car becomes and EV we'll get the 21Kw charger, as the +1 does about 750km per week

I have the Tesla app for now, as I'll be taking the car up to Bright, VIC quite a bit once I have a spare tyre.

 

[kelvedon]

Long Range Beetle

 

[Quickstatus]

+1 does about 750km per week

While it may make sense for a last minute quick charge, you may not need the 22kW 3phase charger

22kW 3 phase require a 3phase 40amp circuit (even though current draw is 32A per phase.

if embarking on such an installation, you might as well pull through the cables for that circuit rather than a smaller cable such as a 3phase 20amp circuit which will support 11kW. Differential cost is a consideration

Having said that. 22kW will more than cover your requirements. Not many EV can support 22kW AC - not even Tesla.

The only problem with one 22kW charger is that it is not possible to do 2 EV charging at the same time

I know that a pair of Tesla wall Connector can be connected in a power sharing configuration. This means 2EVs can share one 22kW 3 phase circuit. And if only one is charging, it can use the full 22kW